The World's Jason Margolis reports on the continued friction between the United States and Russia over Washington's plans to deploy a missile shield in central Europe.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized the planned missile shield in a speech at Harvard University: photo: Martha Stewart

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Middle East expert Vali Nasr on what President Bush might say to Iranian leaders if he were to send them a letter like the one he sent North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Il.

The World's Matthew Bell reports on President Bush's decision to send a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. The White House says the letter urged Kim to fully disclose North Korea's nuclear activities.

Entire program - December 6

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is France - that's the European country described as having the biggest attitude in the new book, "Our Dumb World: the Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth." Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Megan Ganz and Joe Randazzo about their collection of geography jokes.

The editors behind the satirical news site The Onion have just published a new book. It's called "Our Dumb World: the Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth". For today's Geo Quiz, we're looking for the European country they've described as "One Nation Above God," among other things.

The date of December 14 looms large in Bolivia. That's the deadline for the country's Constitutional Assembly to approve sweeping changes to Bolivia's constitution. Critics of the amendments fear the changes will result in dictatorial powers for President Evo Morales. Ruxandra Guidi reports from La Paz.

Dan Collyns reports from Peru on efforts to dig up evidence of past atrocities in Peru. The South American country waged a "dirty war" against Marxist rebels in the 1970's and 80's. Now a "canine forensics" team from the United States is helping Peruvian investigators look for mass graves.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced stop in Iraq today. His visit coincided with a bombing in Baghdad that killed more than a dozen people. Host Marco Werman gets the latest from Iraq from the BBC's Crispin Thorold.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Rebecka Gunner, a spokeswoman for a Swedish consulting firm that's been studying the logistics of doing Santa Claus's job. The firm's advice to Santa is to leave the North Pole and relocate to Kyrgyztan in central Asia.